Daily Tip: How to add Settings shortcuts to your home screen

Wondering how to quickly and easily add icons to your Home Screen that will take you to frequently used Settings like Brightness, Bluetooth, or Wi-Fi? Developer Jeff Broderick has created profiles that do just that!

If there is more than one icon option, tap the one you wish to have. Then tap Install [setting] Shortcut.

This will open the Install Profile Page. Tap Install.

A popup will appear warning you the the profile is unsigned. If you're ok with that (we are!), tap Install Now.

When the profile is done installing, tap Done.

This will bring you back to brdrck's website.

Tap the home button to find the icon on your home page.

Now when you tap on your new icon, you will see a quick flash of brdrck's website before being taken to that specific setting in the Settings app.

Personally, I only installed the Brightness setting and have that sitting on my first page. I've been dying for quick access to my Brightness slider for many years. If you want all of the shortcuts, you may want to add them all to a folder on your first page for quick access.

Bonus Tip: If you desire more than these 11 settings, check out godlaya. The website is mostly in German, but you can install a bundle of 23 settings profiles in English.

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This does not work, When I click the icon, I get the response "cannot open page-safari cannot open the page because the address is invalid." I get the same window no matter which icon I select. This happens with IconProject also. Do I need to have iOS5 to make it work?

Actually you can add the entire settings page as an web app and select it to open the shortcuts page!
The cool thing is when you select any of the individual settings icon, you will be taken there directly without safari popping up first!
Plus u don't need to install a bunch of profiles!!!
Cheers!

Actually you can add the entire settings page as an web app and select it to open the shortcuts page!
The cool thing is when you select any of the individual settings icon, you will be taken there directly without safari popping up first!
Plus u don't need to install a bunch of profiles!!!
Cheers!

I just installed iOS 5.1 and I get the message the address is invalid. I deleted the app, reinstalled it and got the same result. I assume increased security settings on 5.1 is the problem. Too bad, because I enjoyed it's ease and convenience.